"First in a Chinatown mall beneath the Manhattan Bridge and then in a nondescript third-floor room nearby, Francis Irv exhibited a heady, multigenerational mix of artists from the United States and Europe, variously established, obscure, and on the rise. Megan Marrin showed alluring paintings of 1960s celebrities (replicas of photo souvenirs shaped like clothes hangars) last fall. Win McCarthy placed bricks, plastic takeout containers, and bedding on the floor in a charged, melancholic 2024 exhibition."
"The outfit's first official project (under the name Kinder, which the principals soon dropped) was a group show organized with the artist Aria Dean in 2022 at the As It Stands gallery in Los Angeles. A trio of paintings by the Berlin artist Angharad Williams didn't make it to the show on time, so they decided to send them on to New York, where they appeared in their first production at the mall, alongside works by Sophie Gogl."
Francis Irv is closing after a run of more than three years. The space operated first in a Chinatown mall beneath the Manhattan Bridge and then in a nondescript third-floor room nearby. Programming mixed multigenerational artists from the United States and Europe, ranging from established to obscure. Exhibitions included Megan Marrin's paintings of 1960s celebrities, Win McCarthy's 2024 installation of bricks and takeout containers, and a 2023 show centered on a Reinhard Mucha wall work. Founders Sam Marion Wilken and Shane Rossi assembled the name from their middle names and launched the project after meeting as studio assistants in 2020. The venue did not maintain a formal roster.
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